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res & results 2014/15

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If you can spare as little as half an hour to help Harry Williams keep Rammy’s pitch and ground

in the impeccable condition that we’ve allbecome so proud of then please just come down and

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Welcome to the Harry Williams RiversideStadium. A special welcome to today’smatch officials, and of course, our visitors,Harrogate Railway Athletic.

e north Yorkshire side is enjoying it’sbest season for some time, and will provetough opponents as we attempt, as thehighest placed remaining team in thecompetition, to reach the semi-finals.However, our new look side comfortablysaw off the challenge from RA’s DivisionOne North counterparts, NorthwichVictoria in the last round, so we have toremain optimistic.

TALKING OF VICS….….one of the most surprising pieces of

news of late revolved around the previousConference giants, who, let’s be honest,have had a torrid time over the last fewseasons.

Kicked out of their new home, forced tospend a season 40 miles away at Stafford,

before relocating a “mere” 18 miles fromhome at Flixton, and seeing their support

base of almost 1000 reduced to aroundone tenth of that thanks to a new team

being launched by their frustratedsupporters. ings have gone from bad to

worse for the famous oldVics.

When they werehere a week or twoback, I was having a

word with them about the possibility ofthem returning to the Cheshire town, tobe informed that they could well besharing with deadly rivals, Witton Albion.

Knowing the “no-love-lost” historybetween the two outfits, I wasn’t surewhether they were having me on!However, last week it was confirmed thatindeed they would be moving in with theirformer neighbours next season and to sayI was surprised was an understatement.

Let’s be honest, for a town the size ofNorthwich to be supporting two highlyranked non-league sides, has always beena struggle, but the rivalry has always beenfierce. With their former supporters nowhaving formed their own club, now playingjust one level below, I can’t help wonderingif that rivalry will be between WittonAlbion and the 1874 Northwich outfit,with the Vics being reduced to the role ofalso-rans. And will we eventually see theVics merge with Albion (always a sensiblesolution, but one which would neverotherwise have happened) whilst theNWCFL side now becomes theopposition?

FRUSTRATINGMuch has been said about our recent

run of postponed games.In my 20 years of supporting the Rams,

I can’t remember such a barren run ofmatches (although I am informed we did

tony cunninghamand the wonderful world of

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have a bad spell around 14 years ago).Frustration has certainly been the name

of the game, and not just for the fans.Robbo, quite rightly, is at boiling point as hetries to kick-start his new position as teammanager. e players – many of themnewly-signed – have been left kicking theirheels and having to suffice with extratraining sessions, whilst the volunteers whohave put in hundreds of hours of work onthe pitch, have been left wondering whetherall their hard work was worthwhile.

e basic fact is that, whilst we may havehad much worse winters with regards tosnow, we haven’t had such a sustained coldspell for some time. e ground, literally, hasbeen frozen, and the constant overnightfrosts have just not allowed it to thaw out.

e referees, who are the only peoplecharged with deciding whether a gameshould go ahead or not, have to bear in

mind the safety of the players. Not too longago we played a game in conditions thatagain saw the pitch frozen. We felt thereferee was wrong to pass it as fit. Withinminutes one of our opponents wasstretchered off, to be followed not muchlater by the sight of Jonno on the deck,having broken his ankle. Too big a price torisk playing on the type of surface we’vebeen seeing yet again down here at theHWRS.

Everyone is fed up with the barren run(including the League,) but it really has beenout of our hands. To put it in perspective,the game on Saturday was called off becausearound 3000 square yards of the pitch wasfrozen solid. at’s some area!

Let’s hope we are back and running fromtoday as we embark on one heck of a busyrun-in!

Enjoy your non-league football!

Another packed house at Flixtonwhen Northwich Victoriaentertained the Rams last season

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robbo

Firstly I’d like to welcome the officials,supporters and players of Harrogate RailwayAthletic for this long overdue opportunity forme and Edgy to get our first league gameunderway. We’d also like to welcome the matchofficials to the Harry Williams Riverside. Wehope that you all enjoy your visit and have a safejourney home.

e game a fortnight ago was a long timecoming. Northwich are a good team withpromotion aspirations and for the first fifteemmins caught us a bit cold. Once we settled downand Kyle and Benno started getting hold of theball and dictating play we settled and startedplaying some really good football. Gassy did ahuge amount of work on and off the ball andBrooksy was getting in behind. Also for mostparts of the game we looked relatively solid anduntroubled. For a first competitive game withalmost a completely new squad of players wewere extremely happy.

I wasn't surprised how good the new signingswere as we will only look to add quality to theteam . what I surprised about was how well andfit they looked on a heavy pitch. Benno came offafter a hour but still looked full of running, asdid Brooksy. I was quite surprised that Kylemanaged the full ninety minutes, despite havingnot played for a few months. We also saw Jordanput some wonderful crosses in and he almostscored a screamer of a goal just before half-time.Young centre-back Callum Jones reminds me ofa young Billy Priestley, without the dashing goodlooks!

I am really happy with the squad depth nowgiven what we had a couple of weeks ago - some

people wouldn't have said it was possible. equality of players right through the squad isexcellent and I thought the subs coming on allshowed great attitude and ability. It was a reallygood night’s work

I think the squad is now stocked with qualityand cover for all positions and at the momentit's giving me and Phil headaches about startinglineups, but as people say, it's a great headacheto have!

We have recently signed another centre back,Alex Frost from Droylsden. Alex has a wealth ofexperience at this level, formerly with Ashtonand Nantwich and is another excellent additionto the squad.

ere have been some discussions about BillyPriestley returning to Rammy, but although weenquired at Bradford, he will not be coming backany time soon. at is why we moved to signCallum and Alex, who I’m sure are more thancapable of doing an excellent job at the back.

It's good to have Dawson back although notyet fully match fit ,and maybe a few weeks awayfrom it. His presence in the changing room isgood to have and his leadership skills andexperience have been missed.

We now have a large squad, but with theamount of games we have to squeeze in beforeMay, it could be exactly what we need. Someplayers will be disappointed to not be straightin the team, but we have we just have to keepeveryone happy and reassure players they willget games and opportunities to play

Enjoy the game.

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edgy

It’s definitely been a frantic few weeksbehind the scenes, even though a load of ourrecent games have been postponed due tothe weather. Me and Robbo have beencalling on all of our contacts to bring in thelads we’re proud to be able to now numberamongst our re-constructed squad. eweather problems have been frustrating, butit’s also given us the opportunity to go andapproach these lads the right way, givingtheir clubs the respect that they deserve inthe way that we made contact with theplayers.

ere’s no denying that we’ve missed a lotof football, with virtually all of January’sgames postponed, and it’ll take a while toget everyone back up to full match fitness,but it’s given us a decent chance to get thelads in and work on some stuff in training.Now we just want to get the gamesunderway and get going, cos with all thegames in hand we have, we’re in a goodposition and we want to push on.

We’ve been really really impressed with thequality of that lads we’ve managed to bringin. Some of them we invited along becausethey’ve been recommended to us, and thoseplayers have surpassed all of ourexpectations. It was good to be able to havea proper look at them. With a good numbercup-tied, we got the opportunity to see

some of the lads who may not have madethe first-choice lineup. It’s a great credit tothem that we did such a good job againstNorthwich, who are a big club that are goinggreat-guns at the top of the Evostik DivisionOne North. Me and Robbo now have aterrible headache about who we choose forthe starting lineup for our first league gamein charge, but with such a packed schedulecoming up, it’s going to be critical that wehave a strong squad with a lot of depth.

I think the next couple of matches aregoing to require a degree of patience fromall of us. Without a match for three weeks,the lads looked to be getting a bit tired andleggy towards the end of the Northwichgame, and we also have to remember thatthey have never played together before.ings may get a bit sticky now and again inthe next few matches, but we have a greatsquad here, with a lot of players who haveproven quality at this level, so once everyonesettles in properly the potential is huge.

I know that the supporters have been usedto good times here under Johnno andBernard, with a fantastic team that took overfive years to build. We’re very differentcharacters from those two, but with yourcontinued support, and just a little patience,we will have a team of which we can all beproud.

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harrogate railwaykeeping the cup run on track?

e aptly named Harrogate RailwayAthletic started life in 1935 when workersfrom the Starbeck LNER Locomotive factorystarted a team to play in the local Harrogateand District League. In order to secureownership of their ground Station View,where they still play, ‘e Rail’ took out a£1500 loan from the LNER, which was paidback by 300 workers at one old penny aweek.

During the 1950’s ‘e Locomotives’progressed through the West YorkshireLeague and into the Yorkshire League,making the second round proper of the FAAmateur Cup in 1953. Like most industriesthe Locomotive sheds closed down in 1959,directly affecting the finances of the club,many of the workers and players had to leavethe area to find work elsewhere. However,Athletic managed to keep on track and wonpromotion to the Yorkshire League FirstDivision in1964, just three steps from theFootball League. Problems in the late 60’sand early 70’s led to Harrogate Railwayleaving the Yorkshire League and returningto the Harrogate League in 1973, giving themtime to regroup.

In 1982 ‘e Locomotives’ became foundermembers of the NCEL League, and a newJunior structure was formed, ensuring thatthey could boast one of the best Junior set-ups in the region. Station View was alsoupgraded with floodlights installed in 1991,Sheffield United provided the opposition for

the official opening, with Vinnie Jonesincluded in their line-up. Financial problemscaused the club to struggle again at the endof the 1990’s, but against all odds, theymanaged to win promotion to the NCELPremier Division as champions. With newmanager Paul Marshall in charge Railwaymanaged to keep their Premier status, butlittle did they know, success was just aroundthe corner in the FA Cup. In the 2002/03season Harrogate Railway progressed to theSecond Round proper of the FA Cup, after along trip to Berkshire where they beatSlough Town. Railway was now the lowestranked team left in the competition, andBristol City at home was drawn out of thehat, the highest ranking club at that stage.Temporary stands were put up and the gametelevised live by SKY Sports, firmly puttingRailway on the global map. Although theywere made to work hard for the result,Bristol City came out three one winners.

In 2006 ‘e Rail’ achieved NorthernPremier League status, with the club nowplaying at its highest level in their history.e first season ended in a mid-table finish,with this being mirrored the following year.However, another superb FA Cup run in2007/08 brought Railway back into thenational glare. ey beat local rivalsHarrogate Town during the qualifyingrounds and dispatched Droylsden in the FirstRound proper. Again the TV cameras cameto Station View with the BBC screening the

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tie against Mansfield Town live on Match ofthe Day. Again the Railway put up a show,but in the end Mansfield progressed to thenext round winning by three goals to two.

Over the next few seasons ‘elocomotives’ flirted with relegation,although they just managed to avoid thedrop zone. is was until the 2011/12 seasonwhen they finished in the bottom two,although relegation was avoided again, dueto Durham City taking voluntary relegationand Woodley Sports going down due to aGround Regulation ruling.

A new management team of Billy Millerand fan favourite Lee Ashcroft were installedat the beginning of the 2012/13 campaign.e new manager completely changed theteam, as well as bringing in a different brand

of football, with the Railway finishing theseason well clear of the relegation zone ineighteenth place. Last year saw HarrogateRailway improve again with a finishingposition of thirteenth place. With theplaying budget cut, a strong relationship wasformed with Harrogate Town and theirmanager Simon Weaver, enabling Billy Millerto sign players on a dual registration. isset-up has certainly helped HarrogateRailway this season as they currently sitfourth in the Evo-Stick First Division North.

Just like Northwich Victoria in theprevious, Harrogate Railway will be anotherstern test for Ramsbottom, especially whenyou take into account their five onedemolition of Spennymoor Town in theprevious round.

Dom Smalley felled for apenalty during Rammy’s 4-0win atHarrogate last season

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John Maloney (Central Defender) Aged 29Previous Clubs; Doncaster Rovers, York City,University of Montevallo & Harrogate Town.An experienced defender, who has played inboth the Football League and America.Maloney can play in several positions andhas made over 150 appearances for the club.

Dan irkell (Defender) Aged 26Previous Clubs; Harrogate Railway Juniors/Reserves, Scarborough Town.irkell has been with Harrogate since theage of 8, apart from a 2 year spell in theScarborough Academy. He can play at bothright back and in the centre of defence andis seen by many as a future captain ofAthletic.

Rob Youhill (Wide Midfield/ Forward) Aged 28Previous Clubs; Tadcaster Albion, New JerseyExpress, Ocean City FC (both America) &Harrogate Town.A fans favourite who has playedprofessionally in America and has alsorepresented Great Britain in the WorldUniversity Games. He has attractedattention from other teams, but has stayedloyal since signing from Harrogate Town.

Jason Mycoe (Central Midfield) Aged 24Previous Clubs; Leeds United Leeds Carnegie,Ossett Albion, Wakefield FC & TadcasterAlbion.Joined the club in the summer and was giventhe honour of captaining the team. He canalso play at centre back and is capable ofchipping in with the odd, Mycoe is sure tobe an important part of the Harrogaterailway team this season.

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Chris Denham battlingduring the 5-0 home winover Harrogate a year ago.

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grant shentongoalkeeper and captain

Date of birth: 28/01/91

Hometown: Newton Heath

Favourite team: Manchester United

Former clubs: Moston Brook, MaineRoad

Height: 6ft 2ins

Occupation: Claims company CaseManager

Most memorable moment: BeatingSalford late-on, with Kieran Pickupscoring

Married? Kids? Engaged with a son Noah(3) and another on the way

Favourite music: Rolling Stones, Elvis,Oasis, Smiths, Johnny Cash

Favourite food: Mediterranean, especiallytapas

Joined Rammy: 4 ½ years ago

Words for the fans: Hope everyoneenjoys the new chapter in the club’shistory

Description: Charismatic and influentialgoalkeeper whose vision helps score asmany goals as his athleticism denies

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george bowyerfull back / wing-back


Hometown: Stockport


Former clubs: Woodley Sports, BamberBridge, Curzon Ashton

Height: 5ft 10ins

Occupation: Advisor at the ProfessionalFootballers Association

Most memorable moment: MakingLeague Two debut for Rochdale

Married? Kids? No

Favourite music: RnB, Garage

Favourite food: Nandos

Joined Rammy: Jan 2015

Words for the fans: I won the Fans’ Playerof the Month last time around, and won’tlet anyone down this time!

Description: Determined and committedfull back who likes to overlap

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george graysonfull back / wing-back


Hometown: Sheffield

Favourite team: Sheffield United

Former clubs: Sheffield United,Scunthorpe United, Tamworth,

Height: 5ft 10ins

Occupation: Personal Trainer andFootball Coach

Most memorable moment: Securing apro contract at Scunthorpe and gettingpromoted with them

Married? Kids? No

Favourite music: Anything

Favourite food: Chicken Korma

Joined Rammy: September 2014

Description: Young and accomplishedfull back / wing back with bags ofpotential.

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lee pughfull back


Hometown: Rossendale

Favourite team: Burnley

Former clubs: Bury, Hyde, Bacup,Clitheroe, Chester

Height: 6ft

Occupation: Production Planner for afiltration company

Most memorable moment: Getting aYouth Training contract, and last year’splayoff with Rammy

Married? Kids? No

Favourite music: Deep House - I’mmatchday DJ for the players

Favourite food: Sunday Roast

Joined Rammy: Christmas 2013

Description: No nonsense hard-man witha huge long throw and mean free kick

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alex frostcentre half / full back


Hometown: Chadderton

Favourite team: Liverpool

Former clubs: Droylesden, Nantwich,Ashton United, Team Bath, Altrincham

Height: 5ft 11ins

Occupation: Recruitment Manager for ahelping to employ apprentices

Most memorable moment: First RoundFA Cup with Bath and winning theLeague Cup with Ashton United

Married? Kids? ree years with partnerMel

Favourite music: House Music

Favourite food: Italian

Joined Rammy: January 2015

Words for the fans: Really lookingforward to playin again for the teamwhere I started out

Description: Solid, reliable and traditionalcentre-half

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callum jonescentre half


Hometown: Salford


Former clubs: Hindsford, AshtonAthletic, Trafford

Height: 6ft 1ins

Occupation: Pest Controller

Most memorable moment:

Married? Kids? Engaged. Son Alfie (2)

Favourite music: Funky House & Indie

Favourite food: Italian


Description: No-nonsense centre-half

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cedric kroucentre half


Hometown: Paris


Former clubs: Trafford. FC United

Height: 6ft 2ins

Occupation: Student

Most memorable moment: Promotion atBamber Bridge last season

Married? Kids? No

Favourite music: RnB

Favourite food: Pizza

Joined Rammy: February 2014

Words for the fans: ank you for alwaysbeing there, no matter what

Description: Languid but extraordinarilycreative centre-back who’s happy to lopeforward in posession, and create

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kyle hardmancentre midfield


Hometown: Middleton

Favourite team: Manchester City

Former clubs: Oldham Athletic

Height: 5ft 11ins


Description: Promising midfielder.Former Oldham Athletic youth teamplayer.

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jamie rothercentral midfielder


Hometown: Middleton


Former clubs: Oldham Athletic, Salford,Bacup, New Mills

Height: 5ft 8ins

Occupation: Contracts Manager for aconstruction company

Most memorable moment: Playingagainst the ‘class of 92’ in front of 12,000people

Married? Kids? No

Joined Rammy: December 2014

Description: A hard-working midfielderwho likes getting stuck in

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matty burkecreative midfielder


Hometown: Salford


Former clubs: Blackpool, Salford, Barrow,Vauxhall Motors, Hyde, Alfreton Town,Ashton United, Stafford Rangers,Droylsden

Height: 6ft 1ins

Occupation: Maintenance Worker in carehomes

Most memorable moment: Playing forEngland Schoolboys U18s

Married? Kids? Engaged to Rachel with ason Freddie (8 months) and step-daughter Olivia (8)

Favourite music: House or Old School

Favourite food: A good steak!


Words for the fans: Keep the faith as we’lldo the job!

Description: No-nonsense hardworkingand creative midfielder

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1. Which team knocked FC United out of the FA Trophy on Saturday?2. Which Conference team has reported financial difficulties with their bank pulling

out?3. Who is the manager of Macclesfield Town?4. Kidderminster Harriers marvin Johnson has joined which Scottish premier league

club?5. Stamford striker Ryan Robbins has been called up for International duty by which

country?6. Name Dover Athletic’s home ground.7. Freddie potter plays for which NWCFL club?8. What colours do Poole Town play in?9. Graham Heathcote has taken over as manager of which Evo-Stik League club?10. In which league do Bromley play?

ANSWERS: 1. Torquay United 2. Lincoln City 3 John Askey 4. Motherwell 5. St.Kitts and Nevis 6. e Crabble 7. Runcorn Linnets 8. Red and white 9. Trafford 10. Conference South

tony’s teasers

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ian bennettcreative midfielder


Hometown: Middleton

Favourite team: Chelsea

Former clubs: Manchester City, AshtonUnited

Height: 5ft 7ins

Occupation: PE Teacher

Most memorable moment: Scoring atthe Etihad for Manchester City in theSenior Cup Final against ManchesterUnited

Married? Kids? Married with a boy on theway

Favourite music: Ed Sheeran and 50 Cent

Favourite food: Italian and Indian


Words for the fans: We’re all going to giveit our best shot at getting to the playoffsfor you

Description: Ball-playing creativemidfielder who likes to get forward andbag a few goals

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jon robinsonmanager


Hometown: Salford


Former clubs: Irlam, Flixton, Salford,Bacup, New Mills

Height: 5ft 9ins

Occupation: Maintenance Worker

Married? Kids? Married to Hayley. SonIsaac (2)

Favourite music: Indie and AmericanRock

Favourite food: Italian / Spanish

Joined Rammy: September 2009

Description: Scrapping striker who scoresa huge number of goals by sheer will-power. Surprisingly deadly in the air. ARammy lad through and through, hetook over the managerial reins in January2015

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phil edghillassistant manager


Hometown: Oldham


Former clubs: Rochdale, Ashton United,Chadderton, Rossendale, Curzon Ashton,Hyde, Salford

Height: 6ft

Most memorable moment: Winning theConference North with Hyde

Married? Kids? Engaged with three kids

Favourite music: RnB

Favourite food: Chicken curry


Description: Versatile ball-playingmidfielder who’s happy to play anywhereon the pitch. Intelligent, mature andarticulate addition to Rammy’smanagement staff

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We’d like to thank the following people who havealready pledged to sponsor the team for every goalscored for the remainder of the season.

Trigger £2 Stephen & David £2Ste, Angie & Ethan £4Maria £1Mr & Mrs Darkside £2TobyTrotter £1Little Katie £1smiffylad £1Rammy Blue £1Chris S £2Johnno & Bernard £2Tony Cunningham £1Lui Delverto £1Rob Moss £2John Ayers £2Richard Isaacs £2Emma James £2Ian McCool £2Hilary Crook £2

If you’d like to join in (you get your name in theprogramme and receive your very own signed teamphoto as a thankyou) then please make your pledgeon the club forum, email [email protected] orcall Rob on 07944 038512

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luke heronwinger / full back


Hometown: Bury


Former clubs: Oldham Athletic, Trafford

Height: 6ft

Occupation: Student

Most memorable moment: Gettingpromotion with Garry Vaughan’s2012/13 Trafford team

Married? Kids? No

Favourite music: House and Rock

Favourite food: Chinese


Description: Young wide player who joinsRammy after 2½ seasons with Trafford

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kyle harropholding midfielder


Hometown: Chadderton


Former clubs: Curzon Ashton, Bacup,Trafford, Sorrento, Mandurah, AshtonUnited, Nantwich

Height: 6ft

Occupation: Builder specialising in loftconversions

Married? Kids? No

Favourite music: Motown

Favourite food: Cheese!


Words for the fans: I’m really lookingforward to being part of a team pushingpromotion. We can get there!

Description: Full back or holdingmidfielder

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malachi slavencreative midfielder


Hometown: Manchester


Former clubs: Bury, Macclesfield,Droylsen

Height: 5ft 11ins

Occupation: Retail Sales Rep

Married? Kids? No

Favourite music: Hip Hop

Favourite food: Chinese

Joined Rammy: August 2014

Description: Tall, box-to-box creativemidfielder

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chris baguleymidfield playmaker / striker


Hometown: Salford


Former clubs: Oldham Athletic, FCUnited, Mandurah, Leigh, Salford, NewMills, Rossendale, Ashton United

Height: 5ft 8ins

Occupation: Own a sports companydelivering PE in schools

Married? Kids? Getting married in June inPortugal

Favourite music: Motown


Description: Midfield playmaker andsupport striker with great technicalability

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tom williamswinger


Hometown: Bolton

Favourite team: Liverpool

Former clubs: Wigan Athletic, Clitheroe,Chorley, Bamber Bridge

Height: 5ft 8ins

Occupation: Sales Consultant

Married? Kids? No

Favourite music: Hip Hop, RnB

Favourite food: Pizza

Joined Rammy: June 2014

Description: An excellent wide playerwith a mean cross. Takes some of thebest corners ever seen at Rammy

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osebi abadakiwinger




Former clubs: Blackburn Rovers,Morecambe, Rochdale, Stalybridge,Halifax, Nantwich

Height: 5ft 11ins

Occupation: Student

Married? Kids? No

Favourite music: Wizkid Roll It

Favourite food: Anything

Joined Rammy: July 2014

Description: A creative and entertainingwinger who can take defences apart witha combination of speed, skill and inparticular strength

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matty daviesstriker / attacking midfielder


Hometown: Bolton

Favourite team: Everton

Former clubs: Bolton Wanderers,Blackrod, Atherton LR

Height: 5ft 11ins

Occupation: Quality Control for theoffshore oil industry

Most memorable moment: Playing in theDallas Cup in Texas for Bolton Wanderers

Married? Kids? A girlfriend.

Favourite music: Hip Hop

Favourite food: BBQ - a massive rack ofribs!

Joined Rammy: December 2014

Words for the fans: Heard a lot about thequality and loyalty of the Rammy fans, solook forward to helping reward that

Description: Strong, quick and direct,with an eye for goal

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tom brooksstriker


Hometown: Bury


Former clubs: Bury, Walshaw, BoltonWanderers, Radcliffe

Height: 5ft 6ins

Occupation: Welder / Fabricator

Most memorable moment: Playingagainst Didi Hamann and DanielSturridge in a reserve game

Married? Kids? No

Favourite music: RnB, House

Favourite food: Pizza / Nandos

Joined Rammy: November 2014

Description: A fast and clinical strikerwho makes perfectly timed runs off thelast defender

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tom hartleystriker / attacking midfielder


Hometown: Rawtenstall


Former clubs: Blackburn Rovers, Moston,Rammy Youth

Height: 5ft 7ins

Occupation: Bricklayer

Most memorable moment: Winning theFA County Youth Cup with Lancashiretwice

Married? Kids? No

Favourite music: Anything, even JustinBieber haha


Description: Tough and skillful youngstriker / attacking midfielder who is avery exciting prospect for the future

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lee gaskellstriker


Hometown: Bury


Former clubs: Bury, Morecambe, Trafford,Warrington

Height: 6ft

Occupation: Electrician

Most memorable moment: Winning theplayoffs with Rammy, and playing live onTV in the FA Cup 2nd Round

Married? Kids? Girlfriend Lindsay

Favourite music: It’s Not Unusual by TomJones is my Karaoke favourite

Favourite food: Curry


Description: Tall and classy striker whohas an eye for the spectacular but isn’tafraid to work hard for the cause

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darren greencoach


Hometown: Bury


Former clubs: Glossop, Bury, BoltonWanderers

Height: 5ft 11ins

Occupation: Football Coach

Most memorable moment: Winning theplay-offs at Bamber Bridge last season

Married? Kids? Girlfriend Louise

Favourite music: Anything

Favourite food: Indian


Words for the fans: It’s great to be back atRammy, and I look forward to seeing youall again. anks for your great support.

Description: UEFA qualified coach with17 years experience

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jordan lazenburystriker




Former clubs: Fleetwood Town,Stockport County (on loan from)

Height: 5ft 11ins

Occupation: Footballer

Most memorable moment: Scoring thewinner in the Lancashire County CupFinal

Married? Kids? No

Favourite music: RnB, Hip Hop

Favourite food: Chinese or Indian


Description: Versatile forward player whocan play in a number of positions. Skillfuldistribution and a good eye for goal.

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danny jonescoach


Hometown: Salford


Former clubs: Preston North End,Scunthorpe United, Altrincham, CurzonAshton, Salford, Trafford, Ashton United

Height: 5ft 10ins

Occupation: Area Manager for Elco UK

Most memorable moment: Playing atGoodison marking Robert Warchycha inthe first half then Peter Beagrie in thesecond

Married? Kids? Married to Rebecca andhave two boys, Sam (8) and Will (5)

Favourite food: Spaghetti Bolognese


Words for the fans: Looking forward toworking with the lads to give oursupporters something to be proud of.

Description: Vastly experienced formerleague player, coach, and former assistantmanager at Ashton United.

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harun bhatticlub physio


Hometown: Burnley

Favourite team: Arsenal

Former clubs: Burnley, Blackburn Rovers,Accrington Stanley

Height: 6ft 2ins

Occupation: Car Salesman

Most memorable moment: RepresentingEngland at U14s and meeting CristianoRonaldo and Wayne Rooney atBlackburn Rovers Academy

Married? Kids? No

Favourite music: RnB and loads of otherstuff

Favourite food: Anything chicken


Words for the fans: We have some of thebest fans in football, particularly givenhow far we have to travel. Keep up thegood work.

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So here we are - those of us that are stillhere! Astonishingly, 40+ volunteer hourswere put into clearing the snow from thepitch a fortnight ago, in the hope that Robboand the new squad could finally get a leaguematch under their belts. ose samesupporters have so far pledged a total of £40which will be given to Robbo for each andevery goal that the team scores through tothe end of the season. ese are thesupporters who have well and truly nailedtheir colours to the mast, whose loyalty isnot to the club who pays them the most orplans to set the league alight, but to the clubthat they voluntarily help out, and that theyactually PAY to watch! Some would say thatour club is run by an evil dictator, a Kim SungUn with a tea urn and a pile of multi-packmars bars, but to those who know better, itis a club to which we all belong. It is ours, andit is a club to which our loyalty cannot bebought off or stolen away.

I was reading on the internet some load ofbollocks about “e Spirit of the Kop” - the

Liverpool fans’ way of trying tosuggest that the sanitised

rows of plastic seatsthat now line Anfieldare in some wayconnected with thedrunken, urine

smelling armpit of aterrace that us realists

remember as e Kop.

ey view the original Kop in the romantic,soft-focus light of nostalgia, forgetting thatyou never got out of the ground with theprogramme you bought cos some scallywould nick it before the game was tenminutes old, and that the soft-focus wasactually due to the billowing clouds ofwoodbine smoke drifting across the pitch.

But maybe there is a “Spirit of the Kop”.Maybe there is something that is more thanjust a stand, or a ground, or a manager, or asquad of players. Maybe there really issomething tangible that is Liverpool FC. Hereat Rammy our managers and our playershave almost to a man disappeared off toaffluent pastures new, and although we’ve allfelt the Wrath of Williams in our time, we’restill here. Ten of the former Ramsbottomsquad showed up for a beer at the cricketclub after their match against Darlington,and Jordan could be seen skulking aroundthe place for the Northwich match lastTuesday. Maybe it is the “Spirit of the Ram”that stopped the rest of us even consideringwatching Salford, that left most of us in nodoubt that come hell or high water wewould still be here week-on-week, even if wehave to once again watch Baz Shuttleworthpull on his Rammy shirt for our trip up toBacup in the Northwest Counties FirstDivision.

Lee Gaskell told me last week that, eventhough he was getting paid a shed-load andbeing treated like some kind of primadonna

supporters clubon the terraces of rammy

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Premiership player at Warrington, he instantlyleapt at Robbo’s invitation to return to Rammy,the club he says that he “loves playing for”. Addinto that mix passionate Rammy legend Robbo,and Andy Dawson, not to mention Tony, Harry,Jack and a slack handful of die-hard fans, andyes, we already have the makings of our ownlittle “Spirit of the Ram”. We’ve shared theelation of Bamber Bridge and Darlington, andthe despair at Skem, which help the club wormits way into our hearts. ese are all the reasons

why seeds of “e Spirit of the Ram” arebeginning to germinate in all of us, and thosebudding seeds are the reason why we are all stillhere, and will be here for a long time to come.

So while I’ve got you all choked up, give us ashout if you’d like to help sponsor the team pergoal. You get a signed team photo at the end ofthe season and your name in the programmeevery week. Get in touch: [email protected] telephone 07944 038512.

Guess who’s back where he belongs,after a brief foray into e Land ofPink Balls with Warrington

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Yet another postponement, which isreally starting to get the supportersfrustrated. Is it just as frustrating foryou fellas, and how does it disruptpreparations for matches?

It's not great as we would all like to beplaying matches. I've never been in thisposition before so it's hard to say if itdisrupts preparation. We will soon findout I guess.

When we finally get a match playeddo you think that the lads will strugglea little bit with fitness and matchsharpness and what does the squad tryto do to minimise these problems?

We are working hard in training andthe lads are very fit and can play a solid90 mins, so that's fine. But matchsharpness may be a little low as youmay have seen with our start againstNorthwich, but we grew into the game

quickly, so the only way we willget sharp is by playing games.

What have you been up to inthe last couple of weeks oftraining, and are the playersstarting to get to know each

other now?

We have been doing a lot of new drillsunder the new management which is anice change. And we definitely have ateam spirit developing - all the ladshave gelled really well and it's good tohave that feeling of a close changingroom.

How do you as players view thepossibility of three games a week as wehead towards the end of the season? Isit a nightmare scenario, or do you relishthe challenge?

Well I can't talk for other the lads whowill be putting in the shifts three timesa week, but I know it will be good forme - the more times I’ve got a ball inmy hands the better. It's not the mostideal situation for the team.

We seem to suddenly have a verylarge squad of players. Do you thinksome will get frustrated if they don'tget a game, or does everyoneacknowledge that we'll need a bigsquad for all the fixtures that arestacking up?

It's a good thing to have a big squadwith the amount of games we have left.Players will need rests so everyone willbe getting plenty of game time.

grant shentonshouting from between the sticks

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Do any of the new players really standout for you as being 'one to watch'?

All the lads bring something to thetable. Baggers has got great feet anddistribution and is very pleasing on theeye. Jamie has got great work rate andwill be big part of all these games wehave coming up. George has come in asthe new right back and brings valuableexperience which will help in makingour back five very solid I could list themall but you ( the fans) will have yourchance to make your minds up foryourselves this afternoon.

“all the ladshave gelled

really well andit’s great to havethat feeling of aclose changing

room”

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omas GOODWINHarry COATESLawrence HUNTERMatt HEATHMichael MORRISDan THIRKELLRob YOUHILLFatlum IBRAHIMIMalachi FARQUHARSONJason MYCOELee ASHFORTHJon MALONEYGreg KIDDStephen BROMLEYScott MANNINGJesus MARTIN-FARINA

Manager: Jon ROBINSON Manager: Billy MILLER

Referee: Kevin MattocksReferee’s Assistants: Peter Shacklady, Daniel Locker

Next home game: Tuesday 17th February 7:45pm - Rammy v Rushall Olympic

Grant SHENTONGeorge BOWYER

George GRAYSONJamie ROTHERCallum JONESCedric KROU

Osebi ABADAKIIan BENNETTLee GASKELL

Tom WILLIAMS Luke HERON

Chris BAGULEYKyle HARROP

Jordan LAZENBURYMatty BURKE

Jon ROBINSONLee PUGH

Alex FROSTKyle HARDMANMalachi SLAVEN

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